plunge
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The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge back to earth and disintegrate along the way later this year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Investigators are examining the incident more broadly, including technical, operational, medical and human factors, and it remains unclear what caused the aircraft to plunge.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Spanning 3,180 square feet, the home is akin to a resort-level wellness retreat, offering a large cedar hot tub, a cold plunge, and a dry sauna.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Again, nobody since Wilson almost a century ago has experienced a plunge that dramatic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And for the two-second trip, Palmer felt something more than the thrill of the plunge.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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Once the results are announced, implied volatility typically plunges.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
“PRP, stem cells, cold plunges, GLP-1s,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Kiki, however, lives in a world that sees magic as part of the natural order, which plunges her into an existential crisis when she loses hers.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
South Korean stocks suffered one of their steepest plunges on Wednesday, with the blood-letting that has battered chip firms over the past month deepening as nervous investors unwound their bets on the AI boom.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Woo backflips into the water with irritating grace, still holding the dashiki as he plunges downward.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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As the water level at Lake Mead has plunged to a historic low, more human remains are emerging from the depths of the nation’s largest reservoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
That verdict was abundantly clear recently when AstraZeneca AZN 2.05%increase; up pointing triangle shares plunged following a Financial Times report that it had explored a merger with Bristol Myers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
By July 30, when the fund was forced to negotiate a bailout deal with Citadel, shares in the two semiconductor plays had plunged — Sandisk had collapsed 43% and Micron 24%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Porsche's operating profit plunged by more than 90 percent last year and it has announced a series of job cuts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
At the next building, there was no plank at all, only a treacherous crevice that plunged into the alley below.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Births fell last year by nearly four percent, plunging the fertility rate to an 80-year low, national statistics show.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The news sent shares of listed Tata companies plunging and has led to questions over what lies ahead for the gigantic salt-to-steel conglomerate that owns Air India, Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Some tech shares are plunging - what does that mean for the AI revolution?
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
As recently as the 1990s, Thailand’s plunging birthrate was celebrated as a success by demographers worried about overpopulation and resource scarcity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
She takes off like a shot, and I follow, plunging into the night.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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